Hey Panda, When Your Extended Family Gets Together, What's Something That Always Happens? (Closed)

I get deadname, misgendered, and hear homophobic bs while my cousin laughs at it like it's a frickin romcom. And in the other room, you can hear the antivaxxers and their political opinions.

Considering my extended family hardly get together and when we do only my Nan can come. Everybody else is in either Ireland or Scotland. We usually have a nice lunch somewhere. I usually get something from my Mum.

My one uncle still references nsync and backstreet boys?! I think he saw MTV one time and...?!?

Every time my dad's side of the family meets, someone always ends up shooting a lit roman candle at the rest of the family.

Once all criticism gets over, karaoke... obviously I find a way to be very busy that day

Drugs. And me being sent out of the room on some flimsy excuse even though I’m an adult and know exactly what they are doing.

me having a panic attack because it's 76% toddlers who all want to play with me

Lots of food. Talking about the past and those in the family who have passed away but with fond memories and fun stories.

It depends, just my 2 first cousins grandma and grandpa? If so then pool in the summer. Past august? Big leaf pile. Past October? SNOWBALL FIGHT!
Alternatively it could be my 22 other cousins, more of my uncles and aunts too. Then me and my 2 first cousins have been dragged off by 4 other cousins, and of course we have to give an opinion on mascara.

they ALL fight

My aunts will get drunk and fight, someone will comment how much I’ve grown, and my cousin will demand that I film him throwing baseballs

As soon as everyone is seated at the table and eating (must be eating) the cameras come out. 3 dozen photo albums full of pictures of various gatherings, same kind of food, same people, different houses. Always the same questions when looking at the albums: "When was this? Where was this? Why was this gathering?" Same people always in mid forkful and boarding house reaches.

We‘re having a real good time and it‘s always fun, especially with family members that rarely meet each other

Awkward
Weird
Fake smile

My Grandma will get drunk and then randomly sneak up behind you to smack you upside the head for no apparent reason. Everybody's automatically flinching when she comes near.

All my aunts have bad hearing so they yell at each other all the time, they are very noisy. My cousins and me used to flock around my uncle who liked playing with us (he doesn't have kids of his own) and is usually quiet but funny. Now all my cousins have bfs/gfs so I chill with my uncle.

Me, Sisters and Nan - laughing, wine & silliness.
Rest of family - mostly disapproval.

1. I drink way too much as an escape.
2. There's lots of loud arguing.
3. If the right combination of family is present, there will be a fist fight at some point.

Quarantine had its good points.

Someone comments on my sexuality lol

When I was a kid, that was something I’m looking forward to at least once a year. Great and abundance food, a bunch of friends to play with from the moment we opened our eyes till we slept, everybody was sleeping together in a common room, went to recreational places wearing “uniform” clothes, a lot of outdoor picnics. Fast forward to after 30: Nah.